<p>Hey everyone! First time poster and its good to see you all. I love this community!</p>
<p>So, here is the stuff:</p>
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<li><p>I go to an exceptionally rigorous state-chartered math/science academy (Think of NCSSM, IMSA, SCGSSM, etc.). My GPA (with the inclusion of my freshman year grades at a regular high school) is somewhere in the 3.6-3.7 range. </p></li>
<li><p>Asian, suburban city that is pretty rich</p></li>
<li><p>ACT: 34. AP Bio 5 AP Chem 4 AP eng. 5 ap scholar</p></li>
<li><p>Recs are good. One of them is from someone who went to Harvard.</p></li>
<li><p>Extracurriculars:</p></li>
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<p>*Student Council President
*President of a National Student Organization (related to student government)
*Speech Team President and State Qualifier
*Facilitator of a Leadership Education program
*National Honor Society
*Mu Alpha Theta
*Model United Nations</p>
<p>I have done summer research in biology at a private university and my research has been published in a scientific journal. I have also done research in educational policy and started a tutoring service for my city at the local library.</p>
<p>I think the advantage of my EC's is that they have a bit of a focus on politics and policy - speech team, student council, etc. I think this gives me focus not only extracurricularly, but also in terms of making my application really unified (as my essays will talk about my eventual desire to go into these fields as well). </p>
<p>Chance me, please!
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
upenn
Cornell
Brown
Columbia
Uchicago
WashU
Emory
And other such schools :) Also, if I applied into a policy/politics program, how hard would it be to transfer into a business one later if i changed my mind?</p>
<p>Anywhere for improvement? Also, do my stats/EC's have the potential to get me decent scholarships (not necessarily based on financial situation) at any of the top 25 schools? I'm in a middle income crunch and I am really not looking forward to figuring that mess out.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>